Looking To Buy A New Graphics Card In The £150-200 Range.

[Charlie_J]

I'm looking to invest in a new graphics card for gaming. All I want really is to be able to play BF3 on max graphics. my friend has the Radeon 7870 and he highly recommends it. I just wanted some advice from you guys as to what to spend my money on. Would it be better to buy a nvidia card? and when does the new series of radeon cards come out?

 

[ASHISH65]

Please post your specs.

 

[Charlie_J]

Core i5-3350P 3.1ghz
Asus m5a78L
16gb ddr3 RAM
Radeon HD 4350 (absolute dinosaur that I took out my old pc)

 

[coozie7]

Probably the best bang-per-quid is the 'Tahiti LE' based Radeon 7870 like this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-312-SP

A few other names to check out in your search: Dabs, Aria, Pixmania, Novatech, Scan, CCL, E-buyer and, of course good old Overclockers.

Also check the systems powersupply can handle the upgrade-If you're not certain, pop the side panel off and take a look at the rating label on its side then post your findings here.

 

[Charlie_J]

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-gigabyte-radeon-hd-7870-overclocked-4800mhz-gddr5-28nm-gpu-1100mhz-dl-dvi-hdmi-mdp

Was looking at this. thoughts?

 

[coozie7]

It's not available there, but a decent card nonetheless.
I'd say the Overclockers card is superior though-and available.